Shirt-collar support



Oct. 7, 1930. c. s. VITA SHIRT COLLAR SUPPORT Filed May 10, 1929 i 5 iv v M V V d 5 e lNVENTOR ChaHesSVifa /6 BY g j ATT RNEYS V Patented Oct. 7, 1930' soiling it or wrinkling it.

UNITED STA TE'S PATENT OFFICE CHARLES s. vrr'ayor- NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNon. 'ro CAR LYN'LAUNDRY, or NEW YORK, n. Y., a coaronarron QF'NEW YORK SHIRT-COLLAR SUPPORT Application filed May 10,

This invention relates to devices for maintaining laundered articlesin the shape and condition in which they are finished at the laundry until they are ready to be used.

In recent years mens shirts with collars permanently attached thereto have become very popular. When such-shirts are laundered the collars and cuffs are usually starched, because it is the fashion to use shirts with collars attached for business and informal attire; The stiffness produced deends upon the wearers taste and may vary rom a nearly unstarched condition to a stiff or completely starched condition.

Shirts are usually folded into a rectangle after being ironed, with the breast portion forming the top of the folded shirt, and the collar surmounting the rectangle with the front of the neckband thereof turned up at substantially right angles to the flat breast portion. \Vhen shirts so ironed arepiled on top of each other, the collars of the lowermost shirts are crushed down out of shape until they lie substantially in the same-plane as the flat breastportion of the shirt. WVhen. a collar is crushed in this manner folds and creases are formed in the'neckband or in the flapped portion which are unsightly and cause the collar to assume an improper position with a resultant untidy appearance when donned by the wearer.

It is the object of this invention to provide a suitable brace or support for the collar and especiallyfor the front thereof, so that it may not be readily crushed out of shape after being laundered and when stacked or piled.

It is also an object to provide such a brace or support that will be cheap to make. This is necessary because theywill be used but once, and then thrown away, and the use of devices of this kind must be charged to improved service, and cannot be put upon the customers bill.

It is still a further object to rovide a brace or support which can be quic ly attached-to the shirt by a worker in the-laundry without Another advantageis, that this support speeds up the. shirt folding operation, because when the operator inserts the support 1929. Serial N0. 362,10i.

beneath the collar, it throws and holds the latter in such position that the folding operation may be proceeded with speedily and conveniently without the operator stopping to brush or smooth or adjust-the collar and the adjacent portions of the shirt.

The above and additional objects will appear and be better understood from the following description. j

The invention'is defined in the claims.

A satisfactory embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in' which I Fig. I isa plan view of a folded shirt with a collar attached showingthe collar support inplace; p F Fig. 2-is a sectional View through 22 of Fig. 3 is a plan View of a collar support.

Looking at Fi 1 of the drawing, 1 shows a shirt with a co lar 2 permanently attached thereto. The shirt is shown folded in the manner usuallvemployed by laundries after washing and ironing preparatory to wrap-- ping and delivery 'to the owner. Thecollar is made up of the usual neckband 3 and. turned-down flap portion 4 and is united'in front by the conventional'button fastening comprising a button 5 on one side of the col-' lar, and a button-hole 6 on the other.

The collar support 10 comprises a pair of angularly disposed arms 11 and 12. The

angularity of the arms 11. and 12 relative to each other is such that they will fit snugly between the flap and the neckband of the collar and conform to the angle formed,

by each side of the collar as it diverges,

side of' the collar support. Sloty13 is adapt f.

ed to fit under collar button 5 and to serve g tobrace or holdtheflcollar supportin a position relative to the collar whereby, it is.

effective to engage the underside of the fold, a formed at the ]unction of the top of the fla and neckband and'servet'o support theji-i col ar and maintain it in. an u'iiwrinkled position until the wearer'desires to. usesitq The collar support maybe made of any s-tifi material, such as cardboard or stifi' other similar articles of Wearing apparel,

such as boys waists, ladies shirtwaists having collars attached, and other similar garments.

Although I have shown a practical em bodiment of the invention, it is obvious that the same is susceptible of various modifications, and I reserve the right to the use of such of these as may come within the scope of the a ended claims.

What claim is:

1. A shirt collar support for preserving the laundered condition of the collar portion of a collar-attached shirt prior to wear thereof, comprising a blank having oppositeg disposed arms adapted to fit between the a p and the neck band of a turn-down collar in folded laundered condition, the said blank being generally V-shaped at its top to engage the V-shaped fold formed at the junction of the fla and neck band, and means formed in sald blank for engaging a button of said shirt to brace or hold the blank in shirt collar supporting position.

2. A shirt collar support for preserving the laundered condition of the collar portion of a shirt prior to wear thereof, comrising a blank having a pair of angularly 'sposed supporting arms limited in size so as to fit between and be located wholly in the region of the flap and the neck band of a turn-down collar in folded laundered. condition, one and extending upwardly to one side of the center of the collar and the other dered condition, the said blank being generally V-shaped at its top to engage the V- shaped fold formed at the junction of the flap and neck band when the collar is in flattened laundered condition, and means formed in said blank for positively engaging a part of said shirt to brace or hold the blank in shirt collar supporting position.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 8th day of May, A. D. 1929.

CHARLES S. VITA.

arm extending upwardh to the other side of the center of the collar, the said arms being disposed at such an angle relative to each other as to have the top of the blank engage the fold formed at the junction of the flap and neck band when the collar is in flattened condition, and means for detachably connecting said blank to said shirt adjacent the collar thereof to brace the blank upwardly toward said fold and hold the b ank in shirt collar supportin position.

3. A shirt collar support or preserving the laundered condition of the collar portion of a shirt prior to wear thereof, comprising a blank made of sheet material hav-' lng oppositely disposed arms limited in size so as to fit between and be located wholly in the region of the flap and the neck band of a turn-down collar when folded in laun- 

